Vehicle-pole tip.



PATENTED DEC. 22, 1903.

M. A. FOLEY.

VEHICLE POLE TIP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1903;

no MODEL.

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NTTED STATES Patented December 22, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

VEHICLE-POLE TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,881, dated December 22, 1903.

Application filed $eptember 25, 1903- Serial No. 174,644- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAURICE A. FOLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Berlin, in the county of Chenango and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Wagon-Tongue Tip and Neck-Yoke Attachment, of which the following is a speci- This invention relates to an improved safety pole-tip for carriages, wagons, agricultural implements, and the like, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and etficient device of this character so constructed as to permit of the ready attachment, or detachment, of the neck-yoke and which at the "same time will effectually prevent the accidental displacement of the neck-yoke ring from the vehicle-tongue when the same is in position for use.

A further objectof the invention is to provide the tip with a rearwardly and downwardly extending hook which forms a guard and effectually prevents the reins from accidentally catching under the end of the vehiole-tongue.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a-vehicle-tongue having my improved safety-tip applied thereto and showing the manner of attaching the neck-yoke. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in perspective, illustrating the manner of applying the neck-yoke; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1. v

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- 1ngs.

l designates a vehicle-tongue of the ordinary form and construction," 2 the neck-yoke, and 3 my improved safety tip. The tip 3, which may be formed of metal or other suitable material, is preferably forged or cast and provided at one end with a recess or socket 4:, adapted to receive the reduced end 5 of the vehicle-tongue. depending enlargement 6, and a rearwardlyextending inclined shoulder 7, against which the neck-yoke ring 8 bears, forming a stop for the ring and preventing the same from sliding rearwardly on the vehicle-tongue.

The inclined shoulde'r7defines a horizontallydisposed reduced portion 9,the end thereof being bent downwardly and rearwardly toform a hook 10, the bill of which is slightly rounded and of less diameter than the horizontal portion 9, so as to permit the ring 8 to be readily The tip is provided with a placed in position on the tip. A recess or socket 11 is formed in the bill of the hook 10, at a point adjacent the bend 12, so as to permit the ring 8 to be turned upwardly over the bend 12 and placed in'position' against the shoulder 7, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of.

the drawings. The depending enlargement 6, and the lower portion of the hook 10 are provided with alined openings 13, adapted to receive a locking-pin 14:, the head 15 of which bears against the top of the tip, being held from accidental displacement by engagement with the ring 8, as shown.

In operation, the locking-pin 14 is removed and the neck-yoke placed in position on the tip by slipping the ring 8 over the hook andsliding the same upwardly until the ring engages the recess or socket 11, after which, the locking-pin is replaced and the ring turned at right angles to the tip and forced rear- Wardly into engagement with the shoulder 7 and enlargement 6.

It is obvious that when the neck-yoke is secured in position the ring cannot become detached from the tip, and should any accident occur-as, for instance, the breaking of, a trace or whiffletreethe neck-yoke will be prevented from falling off the vehicle-tongue by engagement with the locking-pin.

By having the terminal portion of the tip bent downwardly and-rearwardly, as shown,

it not only permits the neck-yoke to be quickly placed in position, but also serves to prevent the reins from accidentally catching under the IOO Having thus described theinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patout, is

1. In combination, a vehicle-tongue having a tip member provided with a depending onlargement and having its end portion bent downwardly and rearwardly at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the tongue to form a hook, and a vertically-slidable locking-pin adapted to engage said hook.

2. In combination, a vehicle-tongue having a tip member provided with a depending enlargement and an inclined annular shoulder defining a reduced extension, said tip having its end portion bent downwardly and rearwardly at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the tongue to form a hook, and a vertically-slidable locking-pin adapted to engage said hook.

3. In combination, a vehicletongue having a tip member the free end of which is bent downwardly and rearwardly at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the tongue to form a hook, the bill of the hook having its inner portion recessed to receive the neckyokering, and a vertically-slidable lockingpin adapted to engage the hook.

4:. In combination, a vehicle-tongue having a tip member provided with a depending enlargement and having its end portion bent downwardly and rearwardly to form a hook, there being alined openings formed in the depending enlargement and bill of the hook adapted to receive a locking-pin.

5. Inadevice of the class described,the combination with a vehicle-tongue, of the neckyoke, a tip member provided with a downwardly and rearwardly extending hook secured to the tongue,and alocking-pin adapted to engage the hook, said pin being held in operative position by engage ment with the neckyoke ring.

6. In combination, a vehicle-tongue, and a tip member secured to the tongue having its free end bent downwardly and rearwardly at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the tongue to form a rein-guard.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto atlixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MAURlCE A. FOLEY.

Witnesses:

ISAAC S. BRIGGS, DAVID H. Conn. 

